A writer in verse and prose, a poet who tells stories of his land but who also offers accurate and heartfelt reports of war in the trenches, the shepherd Francesco Giuliani was born in the mountains of Abruzzo and grew up on the Campo Imperatore plain and the Tavoliere delle Puglie. The small story of a transhumant shepherd on horseback in the last century contains within it the greater history of Italy: the 1915-18 Great War, sheep-farming, crafts linked to wood-working, the popular tradition of oral story-telling. Francesco exalts all these aspects with the magnificent simplicity of the self-taught man who believes in culture more than anything else and who was redeemed by it.
Directors
isabella micati
She graduated in film and performing arts in Bologna, specialising in the production of documentaries in Milan and performing arts in Abruzzo. She has worked with the Teatro Stabile D’Abruzzo and participated at the “Rencontres Internationales du cinéma du Havre” as a filmmaker, making two short documentaries. She deals with the devising of cultural and development projects, fund-raising and working with children in art, theatre and film workshops.
alessio tessitore
In the field of film he specialised as a cameraman, attending photography, animation and directing workshops, while in the field of theatre he trained at the school of the Teatro Marrucino. He deals with photography and shooting for documentaries and short and medium-length films. As a director and filmmaker he has directed documentaries, filming traditional folk events, producing videos for artists, and reporting on festivals and theatre events. He has acted in classical and contemporary plays and worked as a film and theatre instructor in schools.
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